Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "It's just the beginning."
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard to. You know, I don't really have
- 0:02Speaker 1: the words right now. Just you know, equal parts, you know,
- 0:07Speaker 1: crushed that we you know we're done playing you know,
- 0:10Speaker 1: road ins for us this year, and you know, equal
- 0:14Speaker 1: parts just proud of what we did. You know, it's
- 0:17Speaker 1: hard to it's hard to feel that part of it
- 0:21Speaker 1: right now because you're you just you put so much
- 0:23Speaker 1: into it, you know, you dedicate everything you have, the whole,
- 0:26Speaker 1: that whole, you know, our whole building for six months
- 0:28Speaker 1: to get these opportunities and to come up short, it stings,
- 0:32Speaker 1: and um, yeah, it's just like I said, you know,
- 0:36Speaker 1: you worked so hard to get here, and nobody thought
- 0:38Speaker 1: we were gonna be here, and you know, we had
- 0:41Speaker 1: our shot and that's what hurts, you know. So we'll
- 0:45Speaker 1: be back. I'm confident in that. And this isn't this
- 0:48Speaker 1: is this is more the beginning than it is the
- 0:50Speaker 1: end of something. Um, this is just getting started for us.
- 0:54Speaker 1: So we got a taste of it. And I mean
- 0:56Speaker 1: the guys are already hungry to get this opportunity again.
- 0:59Speaker 1: But it it it doesn't doesn't take away from the
- 1:02Speaker 1: just the sting of like I said, you put so
- 1:05Speaker 1: much into it, and even today. You know, I felt
- 1:08Speaker 1: like we had our opportunities and I mean Chiefs just
- 1:12Speaker 1: they did more today to to win the game, and
- 1:14Speaker 1: you know, we didn't make We just didn't quite make
- 1:16Speaker 1: those plays at the end that we've been able to
- 1:19Speaker 1: make the last month or two. You know, they made
- 1:22Speaker 1: them today and we and we didn't. So um, that's
- 1:24Speaker 1: kind of how the game went. And they took advantage
- 1:26Speaker 1: of opportunities and we weren't able to capitalize on them.
- 1:29Speaker 1: And um, but it hurts too because we're right there,
- 1:32Speaker 1: you know. So yeahs in the atmosphere and thought it
- 1:40Speaker 1: would be like it was loud. I mean it was
- 1:43Speaker 1: just like you expect coming here and um on the
- 1:46Speaker 1: road in the playoffs, going anywhere. Really Um, but I
- 1:49Speaker 1: mean the fan of their fans did a great job.
- 1:51Speaker 1: It was loud. You know. I thought we did a
- 1:52Speaker 1: good job. You only had one pre snap penalty, so
- 1:56Speaker 1: guys did a good job of you know, being disciplined. Uh. Um.
- 2:01Speaker 1: You know, communication could have been better at times. Just
- 2:03Speaker 1: some of the stuff you know, they did. They had
- 2:05Speaker 1: a good plan defensively, presented a lot of different looks
- 2:07Speaker 1: for us and um, you know, but yeah, as far
- 2:11Speaker 1: as just the atmosphere. Obviously, that's that's what you want,
- 2:14Speaker 1: you know, especially if you're if you're the Chiefs, you know,
- 2:16Speaker 1: a home game to be like that in the playoffs,
- 2:18Speaker 1: and you know, the fans obviously brought it and it's
- 2:21Speaker 1: a really cool environment. And um, like I said, we've
- 2:24Speaker 1: got a taste of it, and we're looking forward to
- 2:26Speaker 1: being back in this this situation every year, guys, you
- 2:37Speaker 1: got to battling. Yeah, I just I mean, I told
- 2:43Speaker 1: him we're gonna be back. And that's it's like I said,
- 2:46Speaker 1: it's just the beginning, you know, and it's it's hard
- 2:48Speaker 1: to it's hard to put it into words really this year,
- 2:51Speaker 1: and you know, like I said, you just put so
- 2:53Speaker 1: much into it, it's kind of hard to hard to say,
- 2:55Speaker 1: you know, I kind of want to collect my thoughts more.
- 2:57Speaker 1: But I told him we're gonna be back. Man. I'm
- 2:59Speaker 1: thankful for him and just what he's brought to to
- 3:02Speaker 1: this team, to my for myself, you know, as a friend,
- 3:05Speaker 1: as a player, just you know, a special, special guy.
- 3:08Speaker 1: So I'm thankful for him and and so many guys
- 3:10Speaker 1: in that locker room that I told him after that,
- 3:13Speaker 1: you know, when we brought it up in the locker
- 3:14Speaker 1: room told him, I'm just thankful that what everybody sacrifice
- 3:17Speaker 1: to get here, because it's a lot of you know,
- 3:19Speaker 1: not everybody sees what guys sacrifice, and whether that's playing
- 3:22Speaker 1: injured the last half of the season, whatever it is,
- 3:25Speaker 1: guy's sacrifice a lot too to do what we were
- 3:28Speaker 1: able to do. And um, just came up a little
- 3:31Speaker 1: Shorty's franchise. Every Yeah, it's like like I said, it's, uh,
- 3:44Speaker 1: it's hard to talk and think about that, but it's
- 3:47Speaker 1: it's special what we were able to do. And like
- 3:49Speaker 1: I said, no one, no one thought we should be here,
- 3:51Speaker 1: and we just kept believing, and um, it's really cool,
- 3:55Speaker 1: really cool to be a part of. And and it
- 3:57Speaker 1: was special, and like I said, just the beginning, you know,
- 4:00Speaker 1: I think that was this This year obviously was huge
- 4:02Speaker 1: for for this organization, for our city, for just our franchise,
- 4:07Speaker 1: you know, moving forward, and it kind of sets the
- 4:09Speaker 1: bar of of of who who we're going to be
- 4:11Speaker 1: and what we're gonna do moving forward. And and that's
- 4:14Speaker 1: the mindset and and we won't settle for less than that.
- 4:17Speaker 1: So you know, we've got a taste of it being here,
- 4:20Speaker 1: but there's more. There's more left and we all feel
- 4:23Speaker 1: that how long the fact that you all the positivity
- 4:34Speaker 1: this season and the transformation franchise over what happened. Yeah,
- 4:43Speaker 1: that's a that's why you know I said a little earlier,
- 4:45Speaker 1: just equal parts crushed by the loss and that our
- 4:50Speaker 1: season ends here and knowing how close we were, um,
- 4:54Speaker 1: and then on the on the flip side, being proud
- 4:57Speaker 1: of of what we were able to do and accomplish
- 4:58Speaker 1: and what we were able to over UM. I mean,
- 5:01Speaker 1: it's I'm gonna have more time to think about and
- 5:03Speaker 1: reflect on it. We'll have plenty of time to do that,
- 5:05Speaker 1: and it's gonna make us better. And this this won't
- 5:08Speaker 1: be This won't be the last you guys hear of us.
- 5:10Speaker 1: So we're gonna be back. You're trying. I'm sorry to
- 5:15Speaker 1: be a lot of fans follows you guys the all year.
- 5:19Speaker 1: And what would your message to them be about? What's
- 5:22Speaker 1: this thing? Well, first of all, thank you, Thank you
- 5:28Speaker 1: guys and all y'all that are in here that are
- 5:30Speaker 1: Jacksonville people. Man, we appreciate you guys. Uh. A lot
- 5:33Speaker 1: of ups and downs, even just this season, and it
- 5:35Speaker 1: was a special year for for us, um, for the city.
- 5:39Speaker 1: For for everybody, and I couldn't have done it without
- 5:42Speaker 1: all you guys supporting us. So we're thankful for you guys.
- 5:44Speaker 1: It was last two home games where we're games I'll
- 5:47Speaker 1: never forget and just excited for that to be the
- 5:49Speaker 1: atmosphere and the just the future for our team. And
- 5:54Speaker 1: I'm really excited. And it's hard to even think about
- 5:57Speaker 1: the next year right now because you're just still obviously
- 6:01Speaker 1: this this loss is fresh, but um, we're gonna be
- 6:04Speaker 1: back and this is the new standard and we set
- 6:06Speaker 1: that and this is the bar, and um, we'll be back.
- 6:10Speaker 1: So thank you all. Yep, thank